Behavioural - Lewinsohn Flashcards

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Method used ; how many days

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Longitudinal

Over 30days

Self report of pleasant activities on the pleasant events scheduled

Self report of depression using the depression adjective checklist

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How many participant

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30 ps =

  • 10 depression
  • 10 a disorder other than depression
  • 10 a normal control group
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Design

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IMD

Quasi

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Procedure:

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Ps asked to check mood daily using depression adjective checklist ; happy,active
- ticked the one they felt that day

Then asked to complete the pleasant activities scale rating 320 activities suck as sport, yoga
- these were rated twice on a scale of 3 (rating scale)

Seen as positive reinforcement

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Results

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Significant positive correlation between mood ratings and pleasant activities

Involvement with more pleasant mood being correlated with positive mood rating

Individual diff from 0 to -0.66, which shows that there is more to depression than reinforcement from pleasant activities

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What was concluded e

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There appears to be a link between reinforcement from pleasant activities and mood

Further research is needed to identify the individual characteristics that make some people more influenced by pleasant activities than others

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Aim

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To compare the amount of positive reinforcement received by depressed and non-depressed ps

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